Almacave Rua - Street Almacave

Almacave Rua is one of the main streets, linking the Baixa with the Alto neighborhood. It's pretty long with a steep slope that runs between Plaza de Commerce (above) and Avenida Visconde G. Teixeira (below). It's not a particularly commercial street, but retains several important buildings, as we ascended on the left are: The Church of San Francisco, the City Library, the monument to the Treaty of Zamora, the Church of Sta. María de Almacave and Almacave House (former episcopal palace). On the right are relatively new buildings showing typical Portuguese architecture of the modern era, with multiple